Trump says deportation policies were too tough and hurt midterm results

President Donald Trump admitted in a CBS '60 Minutes' interview that his administration's deportation policies were 'too tough' and that this approach hurt him and the Republican Party in the midterm elections, according to ABC News.

Trump explained that while he received high marks for closing the border and removing criminals, the policy also targeted immigrants who had 'good jobs,' which led to backlash among voters, NBC News reported.

He expressed openness to negotiating with Democrats on immigration reform, including the possibility of creating legal status for some undocumented workers, as noted by NBC News.

Despite this admission, Trump promoted Stephen Miller, the architect of the mass deportation policy, to White House chief of staff following the midterms, replacing Susie Wiles, according to NBC News.

Trump also attributed some of the Republican losses to 'bad messaging' and downplayed other factors such as the Iran war's impact on the economy, as reported by NBC News.